Unlocking our brain's potential with persistence and habits

Why our brains don't support us in our goals? 

Our brains are very economical in their functioning and consumption of energy. 

They perform just enough work to fulfill the basic functions that would maintain the body alive and in good health, so it could procreate and pass down its genes.
This design explains why our brains often resist challenging tasks, when we are stepping outside the beaten paths. 

The brain sees that these endeavors as energy-sinks, so it takes refuge in the familiar patterns and habitual behaviors that govern our life . 

Mental laziness is our brain's survival programming trying to conserve resources. 

To coax our brain to work for us and not against us, we need to make gradual, sustained changes, thus recognizing that mental resistance is normal.

Sustained changes that turn into habits is how our brain's potential is unlocked.
Our brains are wired with biases and knee-jerk emotional responses that served our ancestors but can be a liability in our modern life. 

The "negativity bias" turns our attention to threats than than to opportunities.

The brain struggles with abstract concepts like future consequences, which makes it harder for us to focus on delayed rewards especially when results dont manifest themselves for  long periods of time. 

These atavistic mental and emotional reactions helped humans survive in hostile environments, but in today they are the major cause of procrastination, anxiety and self-sabotaging behaviors. 

Persistence over long periods of time is the kay to our brain's "heart".